Rationalist Medical Halacha

In my last post, I summarized the different categories of genetic testing that we will be dealing with in this thread.  As you can imagine, ...

I sincerely apologize to everyone who has followed this blog in the past for my prolonged absence from the "blogosphere".  I attri...

This is the start of a new series in this blog, one which has been on my mind for quite some time, and one which has been on my mind for qui...

Today’s post is a result of years of research and reading, a career full of practical experience, pondering the three thoughts that I told y...

Everything we have discussed until now regarding the topic of abortions in halacha, represents the traditional Halachic approach to this sub...

Now that I have completed my compilation of the many varied explanations for the prohibition against abortion, I have to finish off with a l...

In our last post we began our discussion of the poskim who hold that abortion is prohibited due to the Torah prohibition against murder.   W...